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50,000-Year-Old Needle Found in Siberian Cave AND It Was Not Made by Homo Sapiens
... hominin species or subspecies. Pictures: Russia 24, Vesti Dr Maksim Kozlikin, head of the excavations ...
ancient-origins - 24/08/2016 - 00:45
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Researchers Discover Ancient “Weapon Making Site” Near Skeleton of Woolly Mammoth
By Anna Liesowska / The Siberian Times
Evidence found on an Arctic island shows how 10,000 or more years ago people carved sharp slices off tusks to use for killing and cutting. Palaeontologists made the exceptionally rare discovery on Kotelny Island part of the New Siberian archipelago.
ancient-origins - 24/06/2019 - 22:03
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Found! The Deepest Link Between Siberians and the First Americans
Using human population genetics, ancient pathogen genomics, and isotope analysis, a team of researchers assessed the population history of the Lake Baikal region, finding the deepest connection to date between the Upper Paleolithic Siberians and the first Americans. The current study, published in the journal Cell, also demonstrates human mobility, and hence connectivity, across Eurasia during the Early Bronze Age.
ancient-origins - 21/05/2020 - 05:53
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Mystery of 2,100-year-old Death Mask Found to Contain Ram’s Skull
By Anna Prokhozheva / The Siberia Times
The discovery of the magnificent clay likeness of a young man in the Shestakovsky burial mound No 6 has long intrigued Russian archaeologists.
ancient-origins - 17/04/2020 - 18:38
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2,000-Year-Old Mummified ‘Sleeping Beauty’ Dressed in Silk Emerges from Siberian Reservoir
... dam, which powers the largest power plant in Russia and ninth biggest hydroelectric plant in the world. ...
ancient-origins - 25/06/2018 - 18:56
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The Battle of Grunwald: An Iconic Medieval Battle of Central and Eastern Europe
During medieval times, the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania had one main enemy – the Teutonic Order. One of the most important battles between these armies took place on July 15, 1410.
Natalia Klimczak - 16/06/2016 - 03:45
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Fourth strand of European ancestry originated with hunter-gatherers isolated by Ice Age
... went on to settle in the Caucasus region, where southern Russia meets Georgia today. Here these hunter-gatherers ... A typical Yamnaya individual from the Caspian steppe in Russia ca. 5,000-4,800 BP. Yamnaya people were tall and were ...
ancient-origins - 16/11/2015 - 14:50
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Link Between the Huns and Vizsla Dogs Unravels an Ancient Enigma
... modern South-Eastern Ukraine, South-Western and Southern Russia, Balkans, Eastern Poland, parts of Kazakhstan, ... 25,000 years old and tied to Northern India or Southern Russia. R1a believed crossed the Caucasus during the ... was from the Northern India-Caucasus to Georgia-Southern Russia and then – to Ukraine, Slovakia and Poland, later on ...
Ksana - 14/02/2020 - 19:05
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A History of Nursing Heroes from Florence Nightingale to Coronavirus
... Florence Nightingale pictured during the Crimean War, Russia, circa 1855. ( Public domain ) The role of the nurse ... on the rights of Christians in the Holy Land and involved Russia, the Ottoman Empire , France, Sardinia and the United ...
ancient-origins - 12/05/2020 - 23:00
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Deadly Volcanoes: The Eruptions that Reshaped the World and Became Legends - Part II
... Volcano Vilyuchinsky as seen from Paratunka, Kamchatka, Russia. (Kuhnmi/ CC BY 2.0 ) Russia has a hotspot for volcanic activity in Kamchatka. Due ... of magma. Eruption of Klyuchevskoi volcano in Kamchatka, Russia in the summer of 1993. (Photo by Giorgio Galeotti / ...
lizleafloor - 26/07/2015 - 02:39
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Ancient Siberians Bred, Bought and Traded Arctic Dogs
... at a 2,000-year-old village near the Arctic Circle in Russia's Siberia, which could be evidence of an ancient ...
ashley cowie - 26/09/2021 - 18:40
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Neolithic DNA Reveals Surprising Truth of the Yamnaya Culture in Europe
... Pontic Steppe region, in what is now Ukraine and southern Russia, changed the population of Central Europe in the Late ... rider. The peoples came to Europe from modern-day western Russia or the Ukraine. ( katiekk2 / Adobe stock) The study ...
Ed Whelan - 20/04/2020 - 23:00
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The Mystery Of Whale Bone Alley: Who Built It, And Why?
... northwest of Cape Chaplino in the easternmost tip of Russia , sits Yttygran Island. Today, the once-obscure island ... Circle. Its location at the extreme easternmost tip of Russia means that it is also little more than 200 km (125 ...
Bipin Dimri - 07/08/2021 - 18:31
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The Double-Headed Eagle: An Everlasting Symbol of Power
... and a double-headed eagle, the emblem used by the Tsars of Russia ( CC BY-SA 2.0 ) By Theodoros Karasavvas References: ...
Theodoros Karasavvas - 15/06/2017 - 19:09
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Legal Bid Fails to Rebury Remains of 2,500-year-old Tattooed Ice Princess
By The Siberian Times reporter, The Siberian Times
An appeal will be launched after a court this week rejected a demand by the leader of the Teles ethnic group in the Altai Mountains to order the reburial of the world famous tattooed remains of 'Princess Ukok', dug from her tomb in 1993 by leading Russian archeologists.
ancient-origins - 05/02/2016 - 14:48
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Photographic Marvels: 12 Stunning Historic Palaces You Need to See to Believe
... located in Tsarskoye Selo, a town near St. Petersburg, Russia. It was built in the 18th century by Empress Elizabeth ... and is now a popular tourist attraction and museum in Russia. Source: Sergey Bogomyako / Adobe Stock The Chateau de ...
Joanna Gillan - 19/02/2023 - 18:00
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New Year, Old Calendar: The Origins and Controversy of the Gregorian Calendar
... areas that were beyond the borders of the Empire, such as Russia and the New World. Coligny Calendar: The ... country that adopted the Gregorian calendar quite late was Russia, which only began using it in 1918. Nevertheless, the ... can be seen in the fact that Christmas is celebrated in Russia on the 7th of January, which is the Julian equivalent ...
dhwty - 26/12/2015 - 21:37
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What Became of the Coneheads?
... have been uncovered in Australia, the Middle East, Europe, Russia and the Americas in ancient times, as well as Oceanic ... Found in Peru Skeleton with Elongated Skull Discovered in Russia Maltese archaeologists Dr. Mark Mifsud and Anthony ... skull. An elongated skull ( gerasimov174 / Adobe Stock) Russia Numerous elongated skulls have been unearthed in the ...
Karen Mutton - 05/09/2019 - 18:39
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The Ancient Stone Labyrinths of Bolshoi Zayatsky
On a small collection of remote islands in the White Sea of Russia lies the highest concentration of ancient labyrinths ... formations concentrated around Europe, Scandinavia, and Russia. The labyrinths of Bolshoi Zayatsky The Solovetsky ... an archipelago located in the Onega Bay of the White Sea, Russia. It is here where there can be found thirty-five ...
aprilholloway - 20/04/2014 - 13:46
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Juana Maria, the Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island
... Russian-American Company, established and controlled by Russia. In 1811, the company began hunting otters along the ...
dhwty - 15/06/2018 - 01:54